Designed for the schoolroom, Gladsmuir, Kilmacolm. The same two metal panels first appear in the design for the fireplace and fender probably intended for Regent Park Square and were repeated in the wardrobe designed for Westdel in 1898. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
Designed for the drawing room at Windyhill, Kilmacolm. Originally designed, on simpler lines, as a toy chest for the playroom, then amended and elaborated as a bookcase for the drawing room. A very large piece of furniture placed against the west wall of the room. This item was assessed for conversation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access project (2006-2010), and then again in 2018 following the fire in the Mackintosh Building in June 2018.
Framed watercolour with blues, oranges, and browns of the Botanical Gardens in Glasgow. Includes a blue path and orange grass. Matthew wrote "Botanic Garden" bottom right of the painting before the frame. Wrote "Matthew 223 / Full size 7/8 x 3/8 box white".
A botanical pattern design painted in shades of yellow, green, and blue. Student registration no. ("No. 71") and signed "G. Murphy." on the back of paper.
16-page catalogue of designs for Braemar International Ladies Collection for Fall 1986. Image on page 2 shows C. A. Wallace Shaw, listed as the Vice President of Design and Merchandise.
2 copies of a 16-page catalogue of designs for Braemar International Women's Collection for Fall 1987. Annotations on pages throughout one of the catalogues.
2 copies of an 8-page catalogue of designs for Braemar International Men's Collection for Fall 1986. Image on page 2 shows C. A. Wallace Shaw, listed as the Vice President of Design and Merchandise.
Booklet of drawings of designs for Braemar International Children's Collection for Spring 1985. Designs are organised by type of wool, and include information on pricing, sizing, and cost. Many pages include annotations regarding the designs.
Classical scene; three figures. Awarded to David Broadfoot Carter. Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ D.Broadfoot Carter 1903".
Classical scene; three figures. Inscribed obverse: "Glasgow School of Art, Bram Stoker Medal for the best imaginative work of the year/ D.Broadfoot Carter 1903". This medal was cast from the original by Roger Miller, Head of GSA Silversmithing and Jewellery, 1990s.
Large brown pottery bottle vase with black leaf pattern. No obvious makers mark, but believed to be by John Calderwood who worked as a technician in the ceramics department of the Art School during the 1990s.
Large plain weave sample woven with fine cotton threads in dark blue, light blue, silver blue, coral, and dark green, and finer multi-coloured threads. With a pattern of vertical stripes and bands, some of them with a puckered effect.
Calligraphy sample of a poem, titled 'A Lover Tells of The Rose in His Heart'. Annotation in upper right corner attributes the work to Dorothy Doddrell.
Originally located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies
This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Designed for Argyle Street Tea Rooms, Glasgow. A very similar table with a square top was also used in the Argyle Street Tea Rooms, and a white version appears in Annan's photograph of Mackintosh's drawing room in Mains Street. Top repaired and repolished 1985. This item was assessed for conservation in 2010 as part of the Mackintosh Conservation and Access Project (2006-2010).
This item suffered significant damage in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. It was salvaged and has undergone conservation and consolidation work in 2018. Brown fired ceramic bowl with grooves. Grey glaze on the inside.
Polychrome (blue, green) glazed fragment from the bottom of a ceramic vase with handpainted spotted animal, possibly a deer, surronded by a floral design. Label on verso - 'Sultanabad 14th C.' Sulatanabad is a city, now known as Arak, in Iran.
Round pot with a biege glaze and areas of grey. Hand-painted red and gold designs. Rounded top with beige glaze is broken and very fragile. A red glazed rectangular piece is attached to one side with hand-painted white designs.
